How to Install and Uninstall fetchmail Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "fetchmail" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install fetchmail on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                fetchmail
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "fetchmail" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall fetchmail on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                fetchmail
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the fetchmail package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: fetchmail
Architecture: amd64
Version: 6.4.2-2
Priority: optional
Section: mail
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 952
Provides: fetchmail-ssl
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libcom-err2 (>= 1.43.9), libgssapi-krb5-2 (>= 1.17), libkrb5-3 (>= 1.13~alpha1+dfsg), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), debianutils (>= 1.7), adduser (>= 3.34), lsb-base (>= 3.2-13)
Recommends: ca-certificates
Suggests: fetchmailconf, default-mta | mail-transport-agent, resolvconf
Conflicts: fetchmail-common
Breaks: fetchmail-ssl (<= 6.2.5-12), logcheck (<< 1.1.1-9)
Replaces: fetchmail-common, fetchmail-ssl
Filename: pool/main/f/fetchmail/fetchmail_6.4.2-2_amd64.deb
Size: 357044
MD5sum: 95996560fe9148ff92df16c1534fe91a
SHA1: 11b29811f5100ceda5cf6b0c002a470caaab613b
SHA256: aa14c861e5598a2a73dc108c9c72dbc017d34198830d6fba72ca86ea84cb27d0
Homepage: http://www.fetchmail.info
Description: SSL enabled POP3, APOP, IMAP mail gatherer/forwarder
Description-md5: 05cb6c758ac9e6de53b36438f8f52a45